WKU Football Opener Pushed Back By One Day

The WKU Hilltoppers' 2014 football season opener has been rescheduled. The athletic department announced Tuesday that the opener against Bowling Green State will now take place Friday, Aug. 29 instead of Thursday, Aug. 28.

The game will be played at Houchens Industries-L.T. Smith Stadium.

The school says the change was at the request of Conference USA and the league's television partners.

It will be the Hilltoppers' first year in Conference USA. The team is continuing spring football practice this week.

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Four new opponents highlight the WKU Hilltoppers’ 2014 football schedule. The school’s athletic department announced the schedule Monday afternoon. It will be the first year for the ‘Toppers in Conference USA and they’ll open up the schedule on Thursday, Aug. 28 against Bowling Green State at L.T. Smith Stadium.

They’ll take on Illinois for the first time in school history September 6th and will also face conference opponents Old Dominion, Texas-El Paso and Texas-San Antonio for the first time.

Army travels to Bowling Green to take on WKU November 15th. The school also announced its ticket plans for the 2014 season on Monday.

WKU football is heading into a new conference with its third head coach in as many seasons.

At a news conference Friday afternoon on campus, Jeff Brohm was introduced as the new Hilltopper head coach. Brohm served last season as WKU’s offensive coordinator under Bobby Petrino, who left this week after 13 months on the Hill to become the coach at Louisville.

Brohm was asked whether he considered going to U of L with Petrino.

“Well, that was obviously always in the discussion, and Coach (Petrino) knew what I wanted," said Brohm, a Louisville native and former star University of Louisville quarterback. "There were some things that came up before this, some opportunities that I had a chance to do."

"We sat down and talked and Coach told me I had a great opportunity to be the (WKU) head football coach if I do things right.”